How much did the last batch that left the workshop cost you? Not the price estimated at the start of the year: the real one, with the material actually used, the labour and what was lost along the way. The Almawarid Manufacturing module links the bill of materials, the raw-material stock and the manufacturing order, so that this figure comes out on its own every time you produce.
A recipe in someone's head, a cost price by guesswork
In many Algerian workshops, a product's composition is known by the foreman, not by the software. Material leaves the store without a precise record, offcuts and breakage are counted nowhere, and raw-material stock never matches what you think you have.
The cost price is estimated once and then forgotten. The material price rises, the yield drops, and the margin melts away without anyone noticing. And when production starts, you discover half-way that a component is missing that nobody ordered.
The bill of materials does the maths, the order moves the stock
On the finished product's record you describe its composition: each component and its quantity for one unit, with a planned scrap percentage for offcuts, breakage or evaporation. The manufacturing order then carries the quantity to produce, the date, the warehouse to draw from, the labour and other costs, the batch number and the expiry date of the finished product. Before launch, it compares requirements with the stock actually available in that warehouse.
When you produce, components leave stock at weighted average cost and the finished product enters stock, in a single operation that cannot be run twice. You enter the quantity actually obtained: the unit cost price is calculated on what really came out, and the yield compares actual with planned output. A failed batch consumes its material and adds nothing to stock: the loss is visible.
From recipe to finished batch, in five screens
- Composition: on the product record, the components, their quantities and the planned scrap; you tick “Manufactured product” to produce it through manufacturing orders.
- New manufacturing order: finished product, quantity, date, warehouse, batch, labour and other costs; the screen immediately shows the required components and the estimated cost price.
- Order missing components: if a component is short in the warehouse, a button creates draft supplier purchase orders, grouped by the last known supplier and expressed in the purchase unit.
- Produce: you enter the quantity actually obtained; components go out, the finished product comes in with its cost, and the yield is recorded.
- Schedule: late orders, orders to produce and orders produced over thirty days, with a monthly calendar; each order prints for the workshop.
What you gain
- A true cost price for every batch. Material at weighted average cost, labour and other costs, divided by the quantity actually obtained.
- Losses measured. Planned scrap increases requirements, and the yield shows the gap between planned and obtained.
- No more production stuck half-way. Shortages show before launch and are ordered in one click.
- Raw-material stock that adds up. Each production consumes exactly the bill of materials, in the right warehouse, and keeps a record of the components used.
- Batches and expiry dates tracked. The batch number and expiry date of the finished product enter stock with it.
Who is it for?
The Manufacturing module serves workshops and plants that turn materials into finished products and want to know the cost of each batch. It is switched on on request, for companies that manufacture, and relies on the Stock and Purchasing modules.
- Food processing: industrial bakeries, biscuit makers, canneries
- Joineries and furniture makers
- Cosmetics and detergents
- Building materials: blocks, concrete, tiles
- Clothing and textiles
Frequently asked questions
Is this a full MRP system with scheduling?
No, and it is better to know beforehand. There is no net-requirements calculation (MRP), no machine capacity planning, no routings and no production Gantt. What exists: bills of materials with scrap, dated orders, availability check, ordering of shortages, cost price and yield.
Can a bill of materials have several levels?
Not in cascade: it has a single level. A sub-assembly is produced through its own manufacturing order, then enters the finished product as a component.
What if a component has no price?
The screen says so before and after production: an incomplete cost price is flagged so that it does not distort your margins. You only need to enter the purchase price on the component's record.
Can I produce in one warehouse and sell from another?
Yes. The order draws and produces in the chosen warehouse; if a component is short there but exists elsewhere, the screen tells you, and a transfer between warehouses settles it.
Can an order be changed once produced?
No: a produced order can be neither changed nor deleted, and its consumed components stay recorded with their cost on the day. A draft can be changed or deleted freely.
See the Manufacturing module on your own business
Bring the recipe of one of your products and your latest material purchase prices to the demo: we create the bill of materials and a manufacturing order in front of you, and you read its cost price.
- The demo. An advisor shows you the Manufacturing module on your own business, online and on your screen, and answers your questions. Request a demo.
- The trial version. It is switched on with an advisor during the demo, on your own account: your real products, your real customers, and 14 days to work in it. Create your account to request it.
- The customisation workshops. During the trial, we adapt the screens, documents and settings with you to the way you work. These workshops are free.
The Manufacturing module is switched on on request: ask for it during the demo, the advisor gives you its price, and you only pay if you decide to continue. The base plans are on the pricing page (in French).
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